476 TOEULACEI. 



TORUI.A, Pers. 



Spores tomiparous, simple. — Berh. Outl, 

 p. 326. {Fig. 186.) 



Fig. 186. 



1414. Torula moxiilioides. Cd. " Beaded Torula." 



Spores oblong-elliptic, flocci sub- effused, erect, aggregate, 

 simple, jet black. — Eng. Fl.Y.p. 359. Corda, Sturm, t. 38. Bon. 

 t 2,/. 58. 



On sticks. Appin. 



1415. Toirula ovalispora. Berh. " Oval-spored Torula." 



Spores broadly oval, pale, minute ; flocci densely aggregate. — 

 Eng. Fl. V. j9. 859. Conoplea cinerea, Pers, 



On wood. Common. 



Forms little flat, roundisli, at length confluent patches, of a browBish- 

 black hue, with sometimes a glaucous bloom externally. 



1416. Tozula pul villus. ^, ^^r. Cushion-like Torula," 



Tufts pulvinate, flocci compact, straight, branched ; joints ob- 

 long, slightly constricted. — Ann. N.H. no. 463. 



On dead twigs of oak, burstiug in little tufts through the 

 bark. March. Apethorpe. 



Tufts cushion-shaped J half a line broad, compact, black ; flocci straight, 

 slightly branched, often suddenly diminishing in size, and again incrassated, 

 ccnsisting of numerous slightly constricted oblong jointsj endochrome con- 

 taining a single nucleus. — AI. J. B. 



1417. Tozula pulveracea. Corda. " Powdery Torula." 



Tufts olivaceous-black or sooty, oblong, parallel, thick, with a 

 blackish sj)urious stroma, threads of spores branched ; spores ob- 

 long ovate, olive, smooth, with nuclei. — Corda. ii.p. 8, t. 9,/. 38. 

 Fckl. exs. no. 68. Cooke exs. no. 347. 



On fallen sticks, &c. 



Forming thick oblong sooty tufts, which are often confluent in a large 

 patch, pulverulent, and of a brown or olive-black colour, not the jet-black of 

 many other species. The spores are more brown than olive, with usually 

 one or two nuclei. 



